Light-Speed Spaceships Would Have Trouble Phoning Home

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Light-Speed Spaceships Would Have Trouble Communicating, Spelling Bad News For Interstellar Travel
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Subspace is the answer of course!

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Now i'm visualizing a world where long distance communication is done with sound and you have screaming pipes across the continent

We have that. It's called Twitter X.

You forgot Facebook.

But I'd agree Twitter is more akin to just shouting

You forgot Facebook.

But I'd agree Twitter is more akin to just shouting

There were pipes for large houses back in the day for talking...

Edit* for Link https://lafayettesquarearchives.com/1892-speaking-tubes-and-old-homes/

Something like that but with amplifiers to repeat over tens of kilometers

Btw that seems pretty cool to have in the house, and the also furnace is always useful especially if you have many enemies